September 28, 2012

Sorry about the downage. But I got some fabulous help and we are back.

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I'm surprised this story isn't getting picked up by conservative media.

Election officials in six Florida counties are investigating what appears to be "hundreds” of cases of suspected voter fraud by a GOP consulting firm that has been paid nearly $3 million by the Republican National Committee to register Republican voters in five key battleground states, state officials tell NBC.

An alleged case of suspected fraud is under investigation. The fraud in question, if true, was carried out by a few people, and not systematically.

If it does turn out to be voter fraud, I wouldn't be surprised if those who conducted the fraud were liberal-progressive operatives either doing things the way they learned for ACORN/DNC, or deliberately trying to discredit a GOP GOTV operation.

In any case, to date, every single one of the approximately two dozen people convicted of voter fraud in the last 10 years are Democrats.

Lyssa,Then how come it was OK for the Kennedy brothers to meet with Sam Giancana and his capos at Sinatra's place to set up election fraud in Illinois for the 1960 election?Of course, that was against Richard Nixon, so it was kind of a special occasion, but still ...

I'm definitely into instant gratification so its going to be really hard on me if we suffer a world wide financial collapse with the resulting greatest depression. Maybe I'll be more concerned about food, not just fast food either.

Coulter is always funny as hell and she’s an original intellect. She's just about the only one out there willing to take on the race hustlers (and we have a few of those skunks on this board, don't we?).

Hikaru Nakamura, the strongest US chess player since Fischer, got his butt handed to him again at the London Grand Prix today - a rough tournament for him. In the cellar for now, but he'll bounce back. He has amazing fighting spirit, currently rated something like fifth in the world - although he might lose a couple of places after London.

"Coulter is always funny as hell and she’s an original intellect. She's just about the only one out there willing to take on the race hustlers (and we have a few of those skunks on this board, don't we?)."

I admit it, I derive vicarious pleasure knowing that Ann Coulter's mother was born and raised in KY.

As far as voter fraud goes, it's as old as voting. The telling thing is who gets the most worked up about it when a real solution is proposed. Like those pack dogs when the rock is thrown.

I'm on a four day week break today and was looking forward to following the comments as they happen, but when Blogger went down I had a nap instead. I'm pretty happy about it at the moment. I got a nap and the comments didn't get way ahead of me. Win!

Romney is going to have to do *something*, or get really lucky with some truly terrible news for Obama. He also needs to do it before it is too late. The normal ebb and flow of Romney's popularity is not likely to overcome the polling deficit he is facing now.

garage mahal said...I'm surprised this story isn't getting picked up by conservative media.

Election officials in six Florida counties are investigating what appears to be "hundreds” of cases of suspected voter fraud by a GOP consulting firm that has been paid nearly $3 million by the Republican National Committee to register Republican voters in five key battleground states, state officials tell NBC.

"garage mahal said...I'm surprised this story isn't getting picked up by conservative media.

Election officials in six Florida counties are investigating what appears to be "hundreds” of cases of suspected voter fraud by a GOP consulting firm that has been paid nearly $3 million by the Republican National Committee to register Republican voters in five key battleground states, state officials tell NBC."

But Garage, I thought there was no such thing as voter fraud.

But if there were, Republican or Democrat, they should do serious jail time. Every one of the weasels.

I am in Santa Barbara--Montecito actually-for a wedding. The wealth is astonishing. Not just here but from LA all the way out. The weather is better than perfect. The women are joyously lovely. The food is great. The dogs are friendly.

I don't think any of these people believe that California is fucked up. How could they?

There are so many different realities. It's interesting to be in this one, just for a little while.

However, regarding the "phantom" election fraud issue, how is it that the Democrats for 50 years now have claimed that it was OK for their presidential candidate and his campaign manager (and later Attorney General) to meet with a Mafia don and his capos to discuss election fraud and to then send said capo a "satchel" full of 100-dollar bills, presumably for expenses, on the grounds that it was "only" for election fraud?

And further that it was fully justified anyway, because it was to prevent Richard Nixon getting elected?

That the meeting and payment took place has never been contested by either the Kennedys or the Democratic Party - if anything they have bragged about it!

David - Nothing remotely touches California when it's right. I was jealous as all get out in my youth but didn't have the cojones to make the big change. I think that was true of millions and it's not sweet I told you so when we read what's happening to the Golden State, it's heartbreak.

"Strategic has a zero tolerance policy for breaking the law. Accordingly, once we learned of the irregularities in Palm Beach County, we were able to trace all questionable cards to one individual and immediately terminated our working relationship with the individual in question. Strategic is committed to following the letter of the law and will continue to cooperate with the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections to ensure that this issue is resolved."

Could be utter bullshit, but it looks like action has been taken. That's what I care about. The D or R related to fraud has very little to do with anything.

Important points to remember:1) Democrats talking about their voter fraud problem reminds me that there is no cannibalism in the British Navy.

2) After assuring us there is zero voter fraud at all, when you point out that the convicted are all Democrats they start talking about the rate of convictions. As if it were okay to only have .01% of your sandwich to be composed of human fecal matter. Me? I want my sandwich fecal matter content at 0%.

3) For every person convicted, there are more discovered and not convicted ("Thanks, Obama's highly-politicized Justice Department that thinks voter protection only extends to black people!"). For every bit of fraud discovered, there are countless others not caught. Democrats do everything they can to prevent discovery of voter fraud, then claim that there is no need to try to discover voter fraud because the numbers are so low. Like someone murdering their parents and pleading clemency on account of being an orphan.

4) Why do liberals want tougher prosecution for a videotaped sting (no actual fraud occurs) that reveals how the policies the Democrat Party advocate allow for easy voter fraud, than for the actual voter fraud perpetrated by liberals in the first place?

It's almost as if liberal-progressive Democrats are hypocrites about everything!

"Strategic has a zero tolerance policy for breaking the law. Accordingly, once we learned of the irregularities in Palm Beach County, we were able to trace all questionable cards to one individual and immediately terminated our working relationship with the individual in question. Strategic is committed to following the letter of the law and will continue to cooperate with the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections to ensure that this issue is resolved."

"Coulter is always funny as hell and she’s an original intellect. She's just about the only one out there willing to take on the race hustlers.."

Sorry to disappoint you, Shouting Thomas, but I think Coulter is taking on everyone OTHER than the race hustlers in her latest book.

Saw her on some talking heads show and her primary point was that the civil rights movement was hijacked FROM black people and re-appropriated to various other special interest groups like feminists and gay rights activists.

The proverbial shit has not hit the proverbial fan yet here in California. The Democrat-dominated legislature keeps spending as if there were no next year, and public employee pension funds are in deep denial. No telling how it will play out, but I'm pretty sure state employees will still be retiring at 50 on full salary while the rest of us drive on crappy roads past closed state parks.

@Tyrone Sloproth: I heard the other day that San Diego was running a budget surplus the other day. I have no idea whether it was true or whether the accounting was at all transparent, but it was an odd story to float.

I heard the other day that San Diego was running a budget surplus the other day.

I couldn't find a story that mentioned a surplus in San Diego, but I did find one that indicates why San Diego is doing better than most California municipalities. Those crafty San Diegans have a clever trick up their collective sleeve-- they don't spend more money than they take in! Imagine that! Of course, San Diego is easily the most politically conservative metropolis in California if not the US, so naturally their fiscal policies make more sense.

That Obama Phone site is weird. All the posts have the same publish date, the writing doesn't sound like it's from a native English speaker, and there's a reference to George "William" Bush. What gives?

How rude. I have never seen that word used. I have never used that word, and if I did use that word I would expect to be not understood and have to spell it to clarify, and laughter upon clarification. Because I would do it amusingly, the pious upward look is irresistible.

Romney is going to have to do *something*, or get really lucky with some truly terrible news for Obama. He also needs to do it before it is too late. The normal ebb and flow of Romney's popularity is not likely to overcome the polling deficit he is facing now.

Zero's had truly terrible news for several months now. The trick is for the media to report on it.

As for the polling deficit, first we have to determine how real it is. As ricpic noted in an earlier thread, would Zero be campaigning hard in OH if he were up by 10?